Display-rack.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

A. H. BURT.

DISPLAY BACK.

APPLIUATION rum NOV.12 1904.

vide an all-rnetallic eonstruction.

@NHE STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

ALFRED H. BURT, OF BUFFALO.NEVV YORK.

DISPLAY-BACK.

SPECIFICATION forming paart of Letters Patent N0. 789117, dated May 2, 1905.

Original application filed April 4,1904, Serial N0. 201,371. Divided and tl1is application filed November 12, 1904.. Serial N0. 232,546.

Be i'm known that1, ALFRED H. BUR'I, a Citizen o1" the United States residing ab Buflalo, in tho countv of Erie and State 0f New York. have invented a new and useful Irnprovementin Display-Rache, of whieh the following is a speeilication.

My invention relates to display-racks, and more particularly 130 display-racks to be used in show-cases and sirnilar places for displaying conlectionery, &c. in trays.

The objeot oi' rnv invention is to provide a simple, strong, and at the same tirne Sanitary, all-metallic form of construction for holding the trays.

In raeks of this dass the tray-holders are terraced or stepped the more perfeetly so display the goods and are mounted upon an incline or stepped base. Heretofore these supports or steps have been mounted upon an inclined 0r slanting box-base; and Ehe objeen of my present invention is to dispense With such unsanitary wood or non-metallic base and pro- The trays should in like manner loe metallie, so that the entire display-rack and trays may be readily rendered sa'nitary.

This applicaion is a division of 1ny pending application for patent upon improvements in displa5f-racks filed April 4:, 1904, Serial N0. 201,371.

Referring to the drawings herewith, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a tray,.showing the method of holding the same from sliding upon the rack.

The wires 3 begin with joints 10 and extend upwardly and forrn loops 13, in which is seeured a 'cross-wire 14. The wires 3 then oxtend forwardly in a horizontal manner, forming loops 5, and thence downwardly; laut instead of forrning loops they merely forrn angles, as shown at 15, and then extend forwardly to'forni the next loops 5, and so on for as many steps as are desired. At the lower ends of these wires loops 11 are forrned 110 hold the wire 12. and bhen the wires 3 return horizontally so a point directly beneath the starting-point and oben forrn loops 16 so hold the wire 17 and thence extend upwardly to a point 10. where they are joined to Ehe beginning' ende of the wires 3. In this manner each side of Ehe rack is of one sin,qle continuous piece of wire and the necessity of a base made of non-rnetallic material is dispensed with. It is preferable that the entire rack when construoted should be thoroughly tinned 01 plaed. The trays 21. one of whieh is shown in position, rest upon the horizontal portions of the wires 3 3. Said trays are held from slidingfom ard by the loops 5. and in order to hold thern from moving sidewise 1 provide lugs, as shown ab 18, whioh hold the trays frorn lateral movernent. In order to Support labels ad jacent to each tray in such position that bhey rnay be easily Seen and a the sarne time not interfere With the rernoval and replacing of the tray, and in Order to render the labels thernselves readily removable, the wires 7 are secured in the loops 5. as above described. The medial portion of these wires extends downwardly and forwardly and then upwardly, forming the slots 0r loops 19. The label 20 is slipped into these loops and is held lzhereloy in such position as not to interfere with the tray next above or below io. As the label is readily rernoved Ehe entire device may be cleaned and rendered sanitary.

I-Iaving thus desoribed rny invention, whab 1 claim is l. An allmetallicdisplayrack consistingof supportwires extending horizontally 130 form the rests for the trays, cross-wires, bentloops formed in the said supportwires Eo receive said cross-wires, and downwardly-bent portions 130 forma steps and extending downwardly from the last step 110 forrn a loop for a crosswire. and thence backwardly and parallel Wih the horizontal portions forming the steps so the end of the last step, and then formin,q a loop lor another cross-wire, and thence upwardly forrning a union of the two ends of the wire, thus forming each side support of a Single, continuous wire.

2. An all-metallic rack having its side supports and steps formed of a single, continuous f0rrnecl in said side supports to engage tahe -(lisplay-labels. IQ

piece of wire, cross-wires and'bent loops i Wardly a.nd upwardly to form slob s to hold ends 01 said cross-wires. 111 testirnony whereof I have hereunto set 3. In combination with an all-metallic rack rny hand in the presence of two witnesses.

5 having its side supports and steps formed 0f continuous pieces und looped 130 engage the VVitnesses: ends of cross-wires, cross-wires and wires (J. K. HUTCHINS,

secured to said loops bent forwardly, down- I ANNA E. MCNEILL.

ALFRED H. BURT. 

